After cutting a few strawberries, one red pepper, and one apple
I thought i was going to have to work to put the patina on. Boy was i wrong, the patin showed almost instantly
Show your Patinas
I recently had a change of heart about this whole patina business, had been using the SB in the kitchen for a while now, my girlfriend cut some bacon up the other night, and didn't clean it :rolleyes: .
I got home from work the next day and found some rust spots forming, we keep it in the open position on a magnetic holder, I went to close it and also noticed rust under the handle near the pivot, so of course I immediately disassembled it and took to it with the scotch brite. It had started pitting in a few small spots, so Im glad I caught it when I did to avoid any more damage.
Spent all night sanding and polishing it by hand, could still use a few more hours with the mother's to get the finer scratches out, but you get the idea.
I was probably a bit naive about it, but superblue owners you have been warned, patina is corrosion !
I got home from work the next day and found some rust spots forming, we keep it in the open position on a magnetic holder, I went to close it and also noticed rust under the handle near the pivot, so of course I immediately disassembled it and took to it with the scotch brite. It had started pitting in a few small spots, so Im glad I caught it when I did to avoid any more damage.
Spent all night sanding and polishing it by hand, could still use a few more hours with the mother's to get the finer scratches out, but you get the idea.
I was probably a bit naive about it, but superblue owners you have been warned, patina is corrosion !
Funny you didn't like the Mustard patina, thats the first example that looked good to me.DCDesigns wrote:Natural patina from food prep on my work in progress Super Blue Mule. :
My SINISTER Gayle Bradley, with forced dark patina and rough stone wash:
What it looked like before I decided to go with the darker blade: Forced mustard patina, not too crazy about it:
I LOVE A GOOD PATINA Its one of the reasons why Im starting to really like non stainless steels!
...I have no knives I keep in a safe but there are one or two that don't leave the house...
Click here to zoom: Under the Microscope
Manix2, Elmax MT13, M4 Manix2, ZDP Caly Jr, SB Caly3.5, Cruwear MT12, XHP MT16, South Fork, SB Caly3, 20CP Para2, Military Left Hand, Perrin PPT, Squeak, Manix 83mm, Swick3, Lil' Temperance, VG10 Jester, Dfly2 Salt, Tasman Salt
Chris
Manix2, Elmax MT13, M4 Manix2, ZDP Caly Jr, SB Caly3.5, Cruwear MT12, XHP MT16, South Fork, SB Caly3, 20CP Para2, Military Left Hand, Perrin PPT, Squeak, Manix 83mm, Swick3, Lil' Temperance, VG10 Jester, Dfly2 Salt, Tasman Salt
Chris
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this thread is so damm cool. I looovvve the old tymer look w/no orange scale... pappaw was right..nothin' like HC steels...nothin' baby
almost makes me wanna wrap bamboo in soaked tatami and start dissection procedures...ALMOST!!
Onions work great for a dark quick patina, but ive never made a ggmbo w/o a aquasalt..so i dont know...
almost makes me wanna wrap bamboo in soaked tatami and start dissection procedures...ALMOST!!
Onions work great for a dark quick patina, but ive never made a ggmbo w/o a aquasalt..so i dont know...
"I hate the thought of killing anything, its the last thing I would advise, but as a matter of survival, all creatures are fair game."-- Les Stroud.
I wonder if spyders feel that way too??--mark.
I wonder if spyders feel that way too??--mark.
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